Picked up my 1st Yak late last year ( Next Gen 9 ) She's a stubby little 2.8M that fits in the back of the van so I don't have to load onto the roof.

I also recently picked up a bait caster. And after a fair bit of frustration am starting to get the hang of it...... Still no fish though

Im looking at getting a spinning reel as well for the really small sp's & lures, I'd appreciate any suggestions on rod & reel size and whether to go for braid or mono??

And most importantly where to catch em? Not really targeting any species in particular. Just wanna start getting some bites. I am often around middle harbour, Pittwater, the lower hawksburry and even Narrabeen lake for work so pretty keen to wet a line before or after work.
I would really appreciate any fishing tips( SP's & lures only ) and productive spots that anyone is willing to give up.

The best advice I can give you is to forget about the baitcaster if you're doing standard estuary yakfishing for bream, whiting, etc. You'll start fishing (& hopefully catching) much sooner using a light spin outfit for bream, whiting, flathead, trevally, tailor, salmon - all species you would expect to catch in the places you've mentioned. You'll be able to cast a much larger range of lure weights with a spin outfit than with a baitcaster. Its simply not possible to cast a 1/20th oz jighead with a small plastic for bream with a baitcaster. You can always get a second heavier spin outfit for jewfish & kingfish.

1-3kg rods will be best to cast very light jigs/plastics. Matched with a 1000 size reel 4-6lb braid would see you flicking all day with minimal effort. If your interested I may have a spare 1-3kg that I may be willing to part with.